Chapter 72: Demons Born from the Heart

  The young master Wang was invited by the housekeeper to go to the front hall, where he naturally received warm hospitality from Old Master Wang and his family.

  Only Xuan Kong sat on the bed, silently operating the Cui Shan Heart Method. Xuan Kong's skin faintly emitted billions of lightning rays, and the entire room was shrouded in this dazzling purple light.

  All of a sudden there was a loud clap of thunder, and then the lightning flashed brightly before fading away.

  On the bed, still sitting was Xuan Kong's physical body.

  And one strand of his primordial spirit, however, was relying on the power of thunder and lightning to escape from his body. This was a divine technique of the Xian family for escaping with one's primordial spirit, far beyond what that three-legged cat-like primordial infant of Miler Zen Master could do in broad daylight.

  Xuan Kong Yuanshen pinched his hands together, setting up a powerful array around his body. Just as he was about to transform into lightning and take off, he saw a faint wisp of black demonic energy slipping in from the imperceptible gap in the void.

  This is the domain's external demon that has been entangling itself, Xuan Kong sneered coldly several times. My primordial spirit hasn't even left my physical body yet and you're already so hastily looking for me?

  He flew out of the domain and stood before Tian Mo, blocking the demonic energy. He coldly laughed and said: "What kind of demon are you? Which demon lord do you serve under? How dare you entangle me?"

  "Bajiao Demon King, Pinna Yejia Wang, Fudanna Wang, Yaocha Wang, Jiupan Zhao...... or Luohou Wang, Pimozhiduoluo Wang, Po Ya Wang, Luojian Duwang......"

  Xuán Kōng knew a lot about the secrets of the three realms, and in one breath, he reported more than a dozen names of ancient demon kings and Asura kings who had made their names since ancient times.

  Xuán Kōng's name had not been fully reported, when that strand of black air slowly condensed into a shape. Jiē Jiē laughed and said: "I was born from the heart, I am you, I am Xuán Kōng." He slowly turned around, and indeed looked exactly like Xuán Kōng.

  "You...!" Xuan Kong was taken aback, and then coldly laughed: "Who doesn't know that the Tian Mo is skilled in the way of illusion, do you think that by transforming into my appearance you can disturb my state of mind?"

  He raised his hand and shot out a bolt of lightning, striking Tian Mo's body.

  That demon was struck by the dry yuan thunder on his chest, let out a loud roar, and instantly dispersed into black light. Xuan Kong smiled and said: "With such abilities, you dare to impersonate me, do you know my origins?" Now that the heavenly machine is in chaos, even if it weren't, saints wouldn't be able to calculate Xuan Kong's origins either.

  The black light suddenly gathered together again and transformed into another figure, tall and strong with thick arms and tattoos all over his body.

  "Ha! Now you should believe me, shouldn't you?"

  Xuán Kōng's face changed in an instant, and if he weren't in a state of yuan shen, one could see that his face was as pale as it could be without even a hint of blood color. He muttered: "This... this is my appearance from my past life..."

  Tianmo burst out laughing and with a flick of his body, he transformed into the appearance of Xu Kong. "If not for the current chaos in the heavenly mechanism, I wouldn't have dared to reveal my true form in front of you."

  Xuan Kong's heart and spirit were greatly shocked. The heavenly demon was one with himself, two sides of the same coin. As long as he didn't die, the heavenly demon wouldn't be destroyed.

  Although he had luckily obtained the orthodox Dharma of Yuanyuan Leishen and was slightly stronger than Tianmo in terms of magical powers, how could he be certain that Tianmo wouldn't have some unexpected encounter to surpass him? He looked at Tianmo with a gaze that slowly calmed down, and he had to think of a rational way to get rid of this guy.

  Tianmo laughed and said: "You want to get rid of me, right?"

  Xuán Kōng Dào: "I remember in my previous life, I was struck by lightning and turned into ashes. When I woke up, I found myself in this world. How were you born?"

  Tianmo smiled and said: "I was born with you in this world at the same time. Strictly speaking, I am both you and not you."

  Originally, the creatures of this world, after death, crossed Naihe Bridge and drank Mengpo soup to wash away their karma from their previous life and start anew from the reincarnation tunnel. However, the washed-away karma would not disappear but would also be reborn with the spirits' descent into the world.

  However, ordinary mortals can only do limited evil and cannot give birth to a powerful demon.

  But if it's a successful immortal, it's different. Their abilities are extraordinary and can produce cause and effect with every move, so the heavenly demons that appear are also increasingly powerful. These heavenly demons are transformed from the person's own karma, naturally filled with disgust and hatred towards their true self.

  So they are always paying attention to the entity, just waiting for a slight gap to lure the gods and Buddhas into fire and turn them into ashes.

  It was just before the endless kalpa, when Sakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment, he wielded his wisdom sword to slay Mara and sealed off the dark abyss of the heavenly demon world with Buddhist Dharma. He also sealed all causal powers within it. Only Xuan Kong remained in this world without roots or foundation, and even his past life's karma could not be resolved through the six paths of reincarnation.

  The demon king was not born in the dark abyss, but instead appeared directly above this world.

  Xuan Kong listened patiently to Tian Mo's account and nodded in satisfaction: "So that's how it was!"

  Tianmo walked a few steps in front of Xuankong, and said with a smile: "How about it, Xuankong? Are you still planning to kill me? Your magical powers are indeed higher than mine, but you can't kill me. Just wait, I'll deal with you sooner or later!"

  Xuán Kōng grunted and didn't say a word, but in his mind he was quickly calculating.

  Tianmo said, "Don't pretend to be calm anymore. Why don't you hand over your physical body to me? After all, you've already cultivated your yuan Shen and don't need a physical body to roam freely. If not, I'll just seize another body by force, which is also a good thing!"

  "Don't even think about it, I'm no longer the me from my past life."

  In my previous life, I was a vagabond, wandering around, sometimes rich and sometimes poor. Today I don't know if I'll be alive tomorrow to eat another meal. So as long as it's beneficial for myself, I won't think twice and just do it naturally. But in this life, after reading many Taoist books, I actually understood the principles of benevolence and righteousness.

  There are some things one must do, and others that should not be done.

  For example, with a demon as his servant, Xu Kong didn't know he was the Great Calamity's child, but he also knew that his body's foundation was extremely good. When cultivating, he would often achieve twice the results with half the effort, and compared to normal people, he didn't know how much faster he was.

  And since the demon head transformed by one's own karma can be abandoned and made to oppose oneself again, what is obtained in exchange must definitely be a good thing.

  "Do you think you can take me down?" Xuan Kong swung his sleeve and laughed.

  Tian Mo's expression remained unchanged as he cautiously probed: "Do you still have a way to save your life?"

  "There's no secret, but... I have made up my mind to sacrifice myself to destroy the demon!"

  "One yuan qiankun, transform into countless images!" Xuan Kong pinched the key to his own yuanshen's forehead, and in an instant, his yuanshen transformed into spiritual energy that wrapped around Tianmo. This was a highly adventurous technique, one that could even be said to be almost suicidal.

  Tianmo was surrounded by the spiritual energy transformed by Xuankong, who still didn't know what Xuankong was thinking?

  "Just scared to cry out loud: 'Xu Kong, stop it, you stop first! I promise, I'll never bother you again!' The air transmitted Xu Kong's voice, sighing: 'This Yuanshen Jieti Dafa is my lifesaving skill, and it's also suitable for you.'"

  Tianmo, intangible and formless, can't even be seen with the naked eye. However, Xuan Kong happened to think that he saw Tianmo with his Yuanshen eyes, and Yuanshen is also an illusory thing, but isn't it somewhat similar to Tianmo?

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